The plusMonths() method of YearMonth class in Java is used to get a copy of this YearMonth with the specified number of months added.
Syntax:
public YearMonth plusMonths(long monthsToAdd)
Parameter: This method accepts monthsToAdd as parameters which represents the months to add to current YearMonth object. It may be negative.
Return Value: It returns a YearMonth based on this year-month with the months added.
Exceptions: This method throws DateTimeException if the result exceeds the supported range.
Below programs illustrate the plusMonths() method of YearMonth in Java:
Program 1:
// Java program to demonstrate// YearMonth.plusMonths() method  import java.time.*;import java.time.temporal.*;  public class GFG {    public static void main(String[] args)    {        // create YearMonth object        YearMonth yearmonth            = YearMonth.parse("2020-05");          // apply plusMonths() method        // of YearMonth class        // Adding 5 months into May 2020        // will turn it into October 2020        YearMonth result = yearmonth.plusMonths(5);          // print results        System.out.println("Modified YearMonth: "                           + result);    }} |
Output:
Modified YearMonth: 2020-10
Program 2:
// Java program to demonstrate// YearMonth.plusMonths() method  import java.time.*;import java.time.temporal.*;  public class GFG {    public static void main(String[] args)    {        // create YearMonth object        YearMonth yearmonth            = YearMonth.parse("2019-05");          // apply plusMonths() method        // of YearMonth class        // Adding 10 months into it will turn        // it to 3rd month of next year        YearMonth result            = yearmonth.plusMonths(10);          // print results        System.out.println("Modified YearMonth: "                           + result);    }} |
Output:
Modified YearMonth: 2020-03
References: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/YearMonth.html#plusMonths(long)
